Andrea Balladares

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Andrea Balladares
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Undersecretary of Social Services
In office
6 May 2021 –11 March 2022
Profession Sociologist

Andrea Paz Balladares Letelier (born 30 August 1987) is a Chilean politician. [1] [2] [3]

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Family and Education

Born in the commune of Chanco, [4] she is the daughter of Oscar Armando Balladares Sánchez, a merchant (timber), and Andrea de las Mercedes Letelier González.

She completed her primary and secondary education at the emblematic Liceo Antonio Varas (formerly Liceo de Hombres) in Cauquenes.

She holds a degree in sociology from Universidad Mayor and has studied law at the University of Chile. [5]

Political career

She has been a member of the National Renewal (RN) party since 2005, [4] where she served as president of the party’s Youth branch from 2012 to 2014. [4]

During Sebastián Piñera's first government, she was part of the office of the First Lady, serving as Director of Programming from 2012 to 2014, and previously as territorial management advisor in the General Secretariat of Government. [5]

In the second government of Piñera, she served as head of the Division of Internal Government of the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security from March 2018 to January 2020 and, [4] as presidential delegate for the Region of La Araucanía, [5] from April to May 2021. [6]

On 6 May 2021, she was appointed by President Piñera as Undersecretary of Social Services, following the resignation of Sebastián Villarreal. [7]

On 9 September 2023, she was elected Secretary General of National Renewal along with Senator Rodrigo Galilea, with whom she presides over the party.

References

  1. ↑ "Andrea Balladares, la nueva mujer clave en RN". La Tercera. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Presidente designa a Andrea Balladares como nueva subsecretaria de Servicios Sociales". Diario Financiero. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Andrea Balladares enfatiza que RN y el Partido Republicano son proyectos políticos distintos". Pura Noticia. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Giselle Crouchett (9 April 2020). "Entrevista; Andrea Balladares, delegada presidencial en La Araucanía". Emol . Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia; Subsecretaria de Servicios Sociales". www.desarrollosocialyfamilia.gob.cl. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Presidente Piñera designa a Andrea Balladares como Delegada Presidencial en la Región de la Araucanía". www.prensa.presidencia.cl. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Presidente Piñera designa a Andrea Balladares como nueva Subsecretaria de Servicios Sociales tras renuncia de Sebastián Villarreal". El Mostrador . 6 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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